Table 1.

Time required for cutting the tibia and tongue (n = 6).

		Carbide	Fissure	Round	Piezosurgery
Tibia	Time(sec)	4.44	7.86	30.15	204.01
		3.02	6.15	23.76	202.06
		4.56	6.87	45.1	345.8
		3.42	7.76	39.74	139.65
		3.99	9.71	24.28	238.57
		4.18	8.99	31.62	220.29
	Mean	3.94	7.89	32.44	225.06
	SD	0.6	1.31	8.5	67.9
Tongue	Time(sec)	1.53	1.34	7.37	*
		1.19	1.04	8.34	*
		1.45	0.96	9.98	*
		1.38	0.85	5.77	*
		0.93	1.01	6.04	*
		0.77	0.98	7.81	*
	Mean	1.21	1.03	7.55	—
	SD	0.3	0.17	1.55	—

*Time for piezosurgery was not shown because the tongue was not cut within 20 seconds.